Research Day on Global Food Security: Crisis and Opportunity

The event is designed to encourage collaborative and synergistic relationships among Tufts-based (and other) researchers interested in this topic. The event will include lightning talks, breakout sessions, a digital poster session and a networking reception.

Lightning Talks:

The World’s Food Supply – Trends and Projections

Dietary Patterns, Undernutrition and Obesity – What People Eat, and What’s Eating Them

Food, Diet and Nutrition – Overview of Drivers and Global Goals

Session I: The World’s Food Supply – Trends and Projections

Moderated by Timothy Griffin, Associate Professor and Director of the Agriculture, Food and Environment Program, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

“Enhancing Food Security in a Changing Climate” – Avery Cohn, Assistant Professor of Environment and Resource Policy, The Fletcher School

“Rising to the Challenge: Changing Course to Feed the World” – Timothy Wise, Director of Research and Policy Program, Global Development and Environment Institute

“From Food Quantity to Food Quality, and From Europe, the Americas and Asia to Africa: The Race Against Malthus Continues” – William Masters, Director, IMMANA Fellowships Program and Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Session II: Dietary Patterns, Undernutrition and Obesity – What People Eat, and What’s Eating Them

Moderated by Robin Kanarek, John Wade Professor of Psychology, School of Arts & Sciences

“Why they Eat What they Eat: A Study in Remote Areas in Karnataka, India” – Jyoti Ramakrishna, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine

“Issues with Food Security, Measurements, and HIV” – Christine Wanke, Director of the Nutrition and Infection Unit, and Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine

“Food Security Measurement in the United States” – Parke Wilde, Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Breakout Sessions

Climate ChangeModerated by Shafiqul Islam, Director, Water Diplomacy Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering

Emerging Infectious Disease in Livestock and the EnvironmentModerated by Christopher Whittier, Research Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Humanitarian Emergencies and Food Security ShocksModerated by Daniel Maxwell, Director of the MAHA Program, Professor and Research Director, Feinstein International Center

Interactions between Food and HealthModerated by Shibani Ghosh, Senior Scientist at the Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation (INF), Adjunct Assistant Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Policy and Politics of Food SecurityModerated by Sheldon Krimsky, Lenore Stern Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, School of Arts & Sciences

Social Movements, NGOs, and Active CitizensModerated by Peter Levine, Associate Dean for Research and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life

Session IV: Markets, Food Prices and Food Security

Moderated by Steven Block, Academic Dean, Professor of International Economics, and Director of the Program on International Development, The Fletcher School